Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Mary Livermore
Born: December 19, 1821
Died: May 23, 1905 (aged 83)
Bio: Mary Livermore, born Mary Ashton Rice, was an American journalist, abolitionist, and advocate of women's rights.
Known for:
- My story of the war (1888)
- What shall we do with our daughters? (1883)